Busses and Exploratory Testing classes

You wait for ages, then two turn up at once.

I'm running my course in Exploratory Testing in London on 2-3 July. Details here. This is the course I've taught at Nokia, Google and around the world. It is a limited size, practical, hands-on class, and it is all about testing – specifically, how to uncover problems in working systems in a disciplined and efficient manner. I really enjoy teaching this class; lots of lightbulb-on moments for all.

To our mutual frustration, my colleague Michael Bolton is teaching 'Rapid Software Testing' at the same time, also in London. It's a great class, too. The scheduling problem is ours - but the choice is yours!

There's more to say here, but I've got a lovely on-site hands-on testing gig until the end of the week, and the daily stand-up happens in 35 minutes, at the other end of a 30-minute tube ride. Scrums wait for no man, or, at least, no tester...

Best Paper at STAREast

I'm pleased to announce that The Irrational Tester won "Best Paper" at STAREast. * ** ***

The paper is currently at version 1.0. I'm adding stuff (and sorting out the prose) for version 1.1. Please read it - if you've got any comments, I'd be very interested to hear them.

* The presentation got 9.something out of 10, too.
** In 2002, my paper Adventures in Session-Based Testing (written with Niel vanEeden) won "Best Paper" at STARWest and at EuroSTAR.
*** Three Best Paper prizes! Three! Wahey! ... shutting up now ...